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Re:Maybe We Shouldn't Be Reviewing All This Code by bossyTeacher on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @07:49PM (#49544182)
> one person at the keyboard and the other person saying what's next

My understanding is that there is no one person saying what's next but what's next gets decided by both people. Otherwise, the other person is just a typist.

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Re:Maybe We Shouldn't Be Reviewing All This Code by Conlectus on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @07:58PM (#49544237)
That’s the ideal, but if you have the person at the keyboard doing too much of the planning then it’s really easy for the other person to just check out mentally.
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Re:Maybe We Shouldn't Be Reviewing All This Code by em-bee on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @08:06PM (#49544297)
the other person is a typist that thinks through the ideas they hear and critiques them while they are typing.
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